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E. H. ANGIERS PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED 0017. 1920.

3 Patented July 19,1921.

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Specification of Letters latent.

Patented July 1 9 1921.

use... filed October 7, 1920. Serial No. 415,234.

To mil whom it mayconcem:

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. ANomn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Framiplgham, county of Middlesex,

and State of assachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Packages, of which the followlng description, in connection with the accompanying drawings is a specification like characters on the drawings representmg like parts. p

This invention relates to packages where n a commodity is inclosed by a wrapping or covering of paper or the like and has to do particu arly with a package wherein the thing inclosed does not present a smooth "surface. but one having interstices. An example is a bale or bundle of a number of 7 articles which do not exactly fit to ether.

'As an example of my invention have in the accompanying drawing shown in perspective with a part broken away a package consisting of a pile of tires.

Referring to the drawing I there show a pack ring s on the other. Because of the rounded exterior form of the tires they present between them grooves 7 extending circumferentially of the package. The tires are inclosed in a suitable covering or wrapping which is preferably formed of paper provided with resilient embossments 9 conveniently formed by crinkling the paper in well known manner. Paper prepared in this fashion is expansible locally and can adapt itself to the form of the commodity inclosed, the embossments expanding against their resiliency to fit. erein this wrapping is in the form of a narrow strip 11 applied' helically in a number of overlapping turns, this form of wrapping being particularly ada ted to ring shaped articles such as tires an providing for a closer application of the covering than is possible b the use of sheets,

0' more rmly secure the covering about the pile of tires 5 and incidentally to position the various turns of helical wrappin I may employ suitable binder strips 13, pro erably consisting of crinkled paper, which may be applied to encircle the package at the locations of the grooves 7 and which tighten the main wrapping around the individual articles by tensioning the material and drawing it down into the oove 7 as indicated clearly at the right 0 the figure. The strips 13 may be adhesively secured as e or bale comprising a plurality of aped bodies 5 such as tires piled one indicated by the showing of the adhesive coating 15 on the portion of a strip shown turned back at the left of the figure, thus serving us hold the parts .of the wra ping firmly in place. If, as is preferably the case, thqwrapping is composed-of crinkled or s milarly preparedpaper the local expan- S10I1 of the aper permits it to be closely adaptedto t e individual articles inclosed. in this manner. The use of crinkled paper for the binding strips, furthermore, permits them to cup u in the manner shown at the right of the gure to adapt themselves to the oove 7 and to press the main binding firm y into contact with the adjacent parts of the tires.

I herein refer to a plurality of articles. Obviously, however, certain individual articles may be of multiple form. Thus for example a dual truck tire is similar to two single tires set side by side. To attempt, however, to refer to the contents of the package by generic terms would, however, have led to such abstract language as to conceal rather than explain the essential features of my invention and I have therefore preferred to use more perspicuous terms in an exemplary sense. I have further referred to the binder strips 13 in the plural.

In a package of two' tires, for example, there would be one groove 7 and one strip 13.

Having described in detail the illustrative embodiment of my invention shown in the accompanying drawing, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent I shall express in the following claims.

Claims:

1. A package comprising a plurality of assembled articles providing grooves between them, a wrap ing incloslng the articles and binders encircling the package and tensioning the wrapping by drawing it down into said grooves.

2. A package comprising a plurality of assembled articles providing grooves between them, a wrapping of helically applied stri inclosing'the articles and binders encirc ing thepacka e and tensioning the wrapping by drawing it down Into sald grooves. a

3. A. package comprising a plurality .of assembled articles providing grooves be tween them, a wrapping of helically applied strip inclosing the articles and adheslvely secured binder strips applied transversely of the turns of the helix and tensioning the same about the individual articles by drawterial overlying the wrapping at said grooves ing them down into said grooves. and tensioning the same about the individual 4. A ackage comprising a pile of ringarticles. 10 like articles presenting interjacent circum- In testimony whereof I have signed my 5 ferential grooves, a paper wrapping inclosname to this specification.

ing' the same having partially expanded resilient embossments and bands of: like ma- EDWARD H. ANGIER. 

